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"Grain for Good Works"

Updated: August 31, 2012
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PARIS -- The Edgar County Community Foundation has a program called "Grain for Good Works." It asks farmers to donate grain in exchange for a tax exemption.

The group then sells the grain and uses the money for scholarships, the new high school, etc... Mary Liz Wright, president of the group, joins us to discuss the program.

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